{"conversationCode":"038-100","tapeNumber":38,"conversationNumber":100,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-038-100","startDateTime":"1973-04-18T17:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-18T19:50:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Apr-1973","startTime":"12:58 PM","endDate":"18-Apr-1973","endTime":"2:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:58 pm and 2:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-100 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 38-100\n\nDate: April 18, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:58 pm and 2:50 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Henry E. Petersen\n\f                                            -59-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["038-100.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"038-099","nextCode":"038-101","transcript":[{"start":0.81,"end":6.21,"text":"You get me Assistant Attorney General Peterson, please."},{"start":6.23,"end":8.4,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to be connected with Assistant Attorney General Henry E. Petersen. The interaction serves as a brief logistical request to establish direct communication with Petersen amid ongoing investigations. No further substantive discussion occurs during this short exchange beyond the request for the connection.","topics":["Henry E. Petersen","White House operator","logistics","communication","investigation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:36:47.823Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-e-petersen","white-house-operator","logistics","communication","investigation"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"038-100.mp3","bytes":339968,"durationSec":10.49,"bitrate":259187,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.447Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/038-100.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-100","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/38/conversation-038-100","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}